Chapter 4

By Laura Yateem
Setting: Dawson's Landing, Missouri, in 1830, a Slave holding town; Town was 50 years old and
slowly growing
Characters:
York Leicester Driscoll,
o Forty Years old Judge of the county court;
o Gentleman
o Faithful;
o He and his Wife are nearly happy.
o Does not have children
Mrs. Rachel Pratt
o Widowed sister to York
o Childless
PEMBROKE HOWARD
o Lawyer and bachelor
o FFV
o Fine, Brave, Majestic, and gentleman.
o Presbyterian,
o authority on the code
Colonel Cecil Burleigh Essex: FFV
Percy Northumberland Driscoll
o Brother to judge
o 35 years old
o Had children. Died of scarlet fever, measles, and croup
Visual Imagery:
Whimsical with morning-glories, pretty homes, and gardens.
White washed houses.
Peaceful cat.
Quotes: Tell the truth or trump-but get the trickA home without a cat and a well fed, well petted
and properly revered cat may be aperfect home, perhaps, but how can it prove title?Im with you,
gentleman, said no.6 perfect jackass.QuestionWhy doesnt Wilson just explain why he would kill
the other half of the dog?What is the code?

Chapter 5
Plot:. In chapter 5 Toms mother passes away and Mrs.Pratt, Mr. Driscoll's widowed sister, takes
over raising Tom. At the age of 19 Tom goes off to college at Yale for 2 years. At which he
develops to bad habits, gambling and drinking. After returning from college he seems to be more
mature. But that doesnt last long, he slowing returns to his old ways. Aunt Patsy received a letter
which stated that the Capello twins were coming to Dawsons Landing. The Capello twins stayed
at the Cooper House.
Characters:
York Driscoll - She is Tom's mother.
Tom - At 19 he went to Yale College.
Judge Driscoll - He is Toms uncle. He retired in 1850.He is the president of the
Freethinkers society and Puddnhead Wilsons friend.
Luigi and Angelo Capello - They are twin Italian travelers. The judge liked that they had
come to their town. The town slowly grow to like them as well.
Rowena - Her mother is Aunt Patsy, who is a widow and has several sons. They had a
spare room. They were not very rich.
Quotes:
TRAINING is everything. The peach was once a bitter almond; cauliflower is nothing
but cabbage with a college education. -Puddnhead Wilsons Calendar. (58)
He was getting into deep waters. He was taking chances, privately, which might get him
into trouble some day-in fact, did. (59)
Significant allusions, visual imagery, setting descriptions, symbols, motifs, and other tropes:
The setting starts with Tom coming home from college and ends in Aunt Patsys house
and the arrival of the twins.
the most significant setting descriptions would be on page 86 which describes Aunt
Patsys house in June. It says ...lived in a snug and comely cottage with her daughter
Rowena...The widow had a large spare room which she let to a lodger, with board, when
she could find one, but this room had been empty for years.(86) This explains her need
for the two italian twins who will later make an impact in the novel. The second
significant setting is the end of chapter 5 which states Eleven oclock came; and the
cooper house was the only one in the town that still had its lights burning. The rain and
the thunder were booming yet, and the anxious family were still waiting, still hoping.
(89) this is the first description of the twins introduction and may act as a foreshadowing
element.
An example of visual imagery would include, She sat on the porch gazing out with
unseeing eyes upon the shining reaches of the mighty Mississippi..(87).
The twins act as a juxtaposition of Tom and Chambers to highlight the themes of identity
and reputation

Discussion questions:
Why is the whole town excited of the two newcomers?
Why did Tom drop all his good manners after college?
What made him turn to gambling and drinking?

Chapter 6
Plot: In chapter 6, Mark Twain suggests that the twins have a deformity of some sort. And their
parents refused to put them in any sort of show or exhibit, even though they were very poor. But
after their parents died they were sold into slavery at a museum to pay off the debt. At the age of
12 they escaped. Then it fast forwards to them in Dawsons Landing and talking to the
townspeople about their previous life.
Characters:
Luigi and Angelo Capello - Both of their parents died when they were young. They can play the
piano. They spoke French, German, Spanish, and English. They were very educated by the age
of 10.
Rowena - She develops romantic emotions towards the twins.
Quotes: HABIT is habit, and not to be flung out of the window by any man, but coaxed downstairs a step at a time. -Puddnhead Wilsons Calendar. (63)
Significant allusions, visual imagery, setting descriptions, symbols, motifs, and other tropes
The setting in this chapters continues to take place in Aunt Patsys house with the twins,
Aunt Patsy, and Rowena are engaged in a conversation of the twins past. This is
important, because this is the readers first introduction to twins as well as an
establishment of their social status.
An example of irony would be It took us two years to get out of that slavery.(91). This
is ironic, because the twins escaped slavery but came to a country where slavery is still
prominent. Also when Rowena makes the comment to her mother And to think theyre
all ours. (93)
Examples of visual imagery would be - picking up smatterings of strange tongues,
familiarising ourselves with strange sights and strange customs.. (91). As well as All
the music theyve heard before seemed spiritless prentice- work and barren of grace or
charm when compared with these intoxicating floods of melodious sound. (95).
An allusion mentioned refers to the historical figure Napoleon Bonaparte. Napoleon
and all his kind stood accounted for- and justified. (94).
Discussion questions:
Why does Rowena keep saying They are all ours! what does she think of the twins, as human
beings, or her property?
What is the relationship between the twins family and the Coopers family?
Are the twins conjoined twins? If not, then what is the most amusing part of them to the
townspeople?